Improved pad-billet



LYDIA HAYS, OF AMES, IOWA.

Lettera Patent No. 78,736, dated Jzme 9, 1868.

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Be it known that I, LYDIA HAYS, of Ames, in the county of Story, and- State of Iowa, have inventeda new and improved Pad-Billet; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom-A panying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This-invention relates to a new and improved pad-billet for harnesses, and it consists in a novel construction ot' parts, whereby several advantages are obtained over the ordinaryleather billet.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure l1 is an outer or exterior view of my invention.

Figure 2, allongitudinal section of the same, taken in the line x 2:, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts..

` A represents the leather strap of a harness-saddle, and B represents a billet, which is designed to be of cast iron, and has a series of holes, a, in it, at 'equal distances apart.

The strap A is secured t0 the billet by means of thumb-screws, C C, polygonal Washers, D, being,l at the outer sides of lthe leather, through which washersr the screws C'pass into the holes a, which are tapped orpro. vided each with an internal screw-thread.

y The lower end of the billet is formed or cast with a loop, b, to receive the buckle E', a plate, d, being screwed to the loop, to prevent the casual detachment of the buckle, as., shown clearly in lig. 2f l It will be seen, from the above description, that the billet B may be readily taken up and let ont, as occasion may require, as the thumb-screws COmay be unscrewed and placed in dilferent holes, a, in the billet, without any troiible or diliiqulty whatever. The metal billet', oi' course, is `far more durable than the ordinary leather ones, and still less expensive, and thepad may beI made withless labor.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, is'- .A metallic pad-billet, B-, having the buckle E attached, as shown, an'd secured to the leather strapA by the screws C C, substantially :is shown and described.

LYDIA HAYS.

Witnesses:

IRA, ToMKINs, MARSHALL HnMsrnnE'r. 

